W. Somerset Maugham
Cakes and Ale - First UK Edition Signed and InscribedHeinemann 1930 - A first edition, first printing published by Heinemann in 1930. A very good+ book without inscrip- tions, with a little browning to the spine and some spotting to the page edges. Some light spotting to the prelims. The dust wrapper is in very good to near fine condition with no fading to the spine and priced at 7/6 net, with no loss and just some light wear to the spine tips and corners. Inscribed by Maugham on the front free endpaper 'For C. R. Dawes/Thanking him/W. Somerset Maugham/. Charles Reginald Dawes was known to Maugham, and was the author of books on 18th Century writers, including the first English study of the Marquis de Sade. Stanford Univer- sity's copy of Maugham's 'Altogether' is similarly inscribed to Dawes on the ffep. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]
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